The mother of boy whose foot was severed from his leg in a horrific accident has thanked paramedics and the community for their "amazing" support.

Keen footballer Scott Turner, of Wokingham, was climbing when he slipped and fell 12 foot at home causing the serious injury on Sunday, September 17

He was treated at the scene, where paramedics manually attached his foot back to his using a splint before he was taken to the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford.

On Wednesday, September 20, Scott underwent 14 hours of surgery in an attempt to fix his leg and foot back together more permanently.

The community has rallied to his support after a fundraising page was set up to help cover his family's costs of travel to Oxford, hospital parking and physiotherapy.

So far, £3,715 has been raised towards the £10,000 total.

Vickie Robertson, Scott's mother, said: "At the scene the paramedics were incredible and one called a local off duty specialist who came immediately to the scene to help and in turn saved his life and hopefully foot.

"I will be forever in their debt and would personally like to thank them. As have all staff at John Radcliffe who have been second to none going above and beyond.

"The support we have received [from the community] has been amazing and I am actually gobsmacked.

"I would never have asked anyone for anything and can't believe how many people are helping.

"The support and love and messages has kept us both going in this very hard time. Blown away."

Surgeons fitted metal plates, screws and pins from the foot and ankle to the leg to try to fuse his bones and skin was also grafted onto his foot.

The mum-of-four added: "My son is my hero and throughout all the pain and surgeries and complications has been a fighter and hoping his hopes of being a footballer like his idol Steven Gerrard can one day play again.

"Footie has been his love and passion from when he was born... his first word was ball and he could kick one at nine months before he could even walk.

"It will obviously be months until he can walk again but he has shown so much determination, grit and is just his amazing self that I know he will smash that if he can."

Nikki Webb, from Winnersh , who set up the gofundme page, said: "Scott and his amazing mum Vickie have a a very long road to recovery and as their friends we wanted to do something to help them so we thought we would set up this page.

"Vickie is a single mum to four and she works tirelessly for charity so this our chance to give something back to her and show her just how much we all care about her and the kids."